Following an incredibly successful two weeks of Olympic swimming action in Paris, Swim Ireland this week announce two new members to their Performance team in preparation for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and beyond.
With National Centre (Dublin) Assistant Head Coach Andrew Addison taking up a new role as Head Coach of the City of Glasgow programme, Jonathan Preston, the current Head Coach of the acclaimed Trojan Swimming Club in Dublin, will take up the role under the Centre leadership of Steven Beckerleg.
Additionally, with Carlo Boni switching roles from Regional Pathway Development Coach (Munster) to that of Assistant Head Coach of National Centre (Limerick), Erin McNulty has been appointed to replace him in this role to continue Boni’s excellent work in developing clubs and coaches in the Munster region.
With the National Centre (Dublin) placing five athletes onto the Paris Olympic Team under Steven Beckerleg’s guidance, Preston will bring additional extensive experience and knowledge to the programme, which also includes Zoe Smith as part of the coaching set-up at this time. Preston’s background includes working with the highly regarded Gallica programme in the UK, as well as a stint as Head Coach of both Blackpool Aquatics and Swim Trafford. With significant experience as an international Open Water coach for both Great Britain and Ireland, he was selected as Team Ireland’s Lead Open Water Coach for this year’s Olympic Games, supporting Daniel Wiffen through his 10km efforts in Paris in recent days.
Erin McNulty is a former Performance swimmer, who still holds the 100m Butterfly record in the State of Hawaii, USA, where she was a Bachelor of Arts student before ultimately transferring to UCD to complete a Master’s degree. McNulty is the current Head Coach of Killarney Swimming Club in Kerry and in recent times has also led both the Humboldt Swim Club and the Calm Water Aquatics programme in the US. Highly regarded within the Munster region, her work with the Killarney club has seen a dramatic rise in its presence in Munster swimming and her coaching philosophy and pedigree as a high performer within the sport are a natural fit to take on this important work under the leadership of Head of Performance Pathways & Operations, Andrew Reid.
National Performance Director Jon Rudd said, “We were obviously sorry to see Andrew leave us, but delighted so help him to progress to such a position in Scotland. Reallocating Carlo’s skills into the National Centre in Limerick is already bearing fruits and the dual opportunity that this provided has resulted in us being able to commence the LA cycle with both Jonathan and Erin as part of our ranks, something that is both exciting and refreshing. It’s also highly gratifying that both appointments come from within our own swimming community. With a hugely successful Olympic Games under our belts, we will need to make further steps over the next four years to build again post-Paris, and as we speak, Irish swimming very much have a Performance team that are capable of doing just that”.
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